Cruising report

From Bryan: Nightshade is back from the weekend with a very full tank of fuel and cushions and sails stored below.  We swept the inside, wiped the counters & power washed the outside.  

We left the WAC around 7:30pm Friday.  At the locks, the lock tender asked us to stay right outside the small locks with fenders out in the future so they know we're waiting to pass through (we had circled around and backed out to be in view of both stoplights for the large and the small locks, then tied off after waiting awhile).  In other words, if you're in sight of the stoplight for the large lock, you're farther away than this guy prefers (their station is behind a concrete structure in between the two locks).  

We sailed to Kingston past sunset to spend the night and checked out the farmers market saturday morning before casting off for Langley.  Was a nice sail once the wind picked up in the afternoon coming around south Whidbey.  Langley was beautiful at sunset and well worth the walk around and we got a beer at the pizza place.  Can't wait to go back.  Sunday we set sail at 8:29AM and had a nice 5-hour spinnaker run all the way back home.  Lots of traffic waiting for the locks as a fishing vessel came in to occupy the large lock and an Argosy boat passed us to occupy the small lock.  Motorboaters were fiercely anxious to pile inside once they called us through.  


Here is a "damage report" of some notes we made during the trip.  There were a couple nice knives in the second drawer - could whoever took them please return them?

Traveler track pulls up away slightly from fiberglass on starboard end
Starboard running light not working
V-berth cabin light not working - one of the new fixtures (we think its the connection at the split across from the head)
Cabin light across from head not working - one of the old fixtures 
Auto pilot fuse needs replacing
Left burner on stove leaks alcohol when system is pressurized - BE AWARE!
Tiller stop bolts have fallen out (prevents rudder from turning too far over).  They are on the shelf above the captain's table.
Tiller has been drilled for tiller extension by someone and the wood split (anybody noticed the old tiller extension on a bracket above the battery switch?).  The little metal piece and the one screw that was installed fell out and is now above the captain's table. 
Aft side of port settee the wood panel needs to be secured
Depth sounder display not bright enough to see
Knot-o-meter not working